Classical Music Lovers Get an iTunesesque Store of Their Own

It ’s not impossible to range and key out goodclassical musiconline — but it ’s very , very difficult . The iTunes selection is limited , and the sound tone of download music is n’t up to Tchaikovsky . Sony place to pay off that with Ariama , a music store pay the classics .

Ariama ’s greatest appeal might lie down less in its selection — it ’s not promising that you may only buy the CD adaptation ofUniversal Musicalbums — and more in the level-headed quality ; Sony will offer 320 kilobit per 2nd standard ( iTunes tracks , by contrast , are 256 kilobits per second ) but also a lossless FLAC rendering for about a $ 2 / album premium .

It might not be enough to get you interested in classical music if you were n’t already , but for those of you yearn for the Boston Pops in high fidelity , this is a welcome accelerando . [ Media Memo ]

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